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HISTORY OF THE REGIMENTREGIMENTAL MANUAL3. On 16 February 1916, the CanadianCavalry Brigade was reconstituted as amounted force, with The Fort Garry Horsereplacing 2 nd King Edward’s Horse. Aftertraining throughout the winter and spring,the Regiment was sent to the Somme sectorof the front in June. There were, however,few opportunities for large scale mountedoperations.4. The Regiment came out of winterquarters in March 1917 and played aconspicuous part in the pursuit of theretreating enemy on the Somme front.During the fighting at Guyencourt-Saulcourton 27 March, Lieutenant F.M.W. Harveywon the Victoria Cross for rushing andcapturing a machine gun post. He jumpedfrom his saddle, hurdled the tripleentanglement of barbed wire, shot thegunner, and jumped onto the gun position.Figure 3 – Troop Crossing on Horseback during the First WorldWar (Regimental Museum Archives)5. In late November 1917, the Regiment participated as a mounted exploitation force in the Battle ofCambrai, where tanks were used en masse for the first time. When the Germans later counter-attacked,the Regiment was again put into the line as infantry.6. During the last great German offensive, in March 1918, the Regiment fought both mounted anddismounted in rear guard actions to relieve the hard-pressed infantry. On 30 March the whole brigadeattacked the advancing Germans at Moreuil Wood. Lieutenant G.M. Flowerdew, at the head of CSquadron, led a charge against an enemy 300 strong, supported by machine guns. He later died from thewounds he received that day and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. The Battle of MoreuilWood was a key event of the war, which stopped the German offensive. Moreuil Wood iscommemorated annually by Strathconas as a tribute to Fallen Comrades, and as a great symbol ofregimental pride.7. Heavy action began again for the Regiment during the first week of August at the Battle ofAmiens, where the co-ordinated efforts of cavalry and tanks were used to good effect. The next importantaction came in October 1918, when the whole brigade was in pursuit of the retreating Germans near LeCateau east of Cambrai; this was to be the last action prior to Armistice on 11 November 1918.8. During their service in the First World War in France, Lord Strathcona’s Horse (RoyalCanadians) suffered numerous casualties. All told, 20 officers and 172 other ranks were killed, while 2officers and 24 other ranks died of illness. The wounded numbered 53 officers and 504 other ranks. Twoofficers and seven other ranks were reported as prisoners of war. Decorations conferred on members ofthe Regiment, in addition to the two Victoria Crosses, were one Knight Commander of the mostHonourable Order of Bath, four Companions of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and SaintGeorge, seventeen Military Crosses, one Bar to the Military Cross, twenty-six Distinguished ConductMedals, two Bars to the Distinguished Conduct Medal, sixty-four Military Medals, three Bars to the1-4
REGIMENTAL MANUALHISTORY OF THE REGIMENTMilitary Medal and seven Meritorious Service Medals. Twenty-six members of the Regiment werementioned in Dispatches and fourteen received foreign decorations. 8ARTICLE 1103 - BETWEEN THE WARS1. When the Regiment returned to Canada in June of 1919, it was demobilized at Winnipeg. On 1April of that year, however, authority was granted to reorganize Lord Strathcona’s Horse (RoyalCanadians) as a unit of the Permanent Force. 9 The establishment was set at a total strength of 247 allranks: a headquarters and one squadron in Calgary and one squadron in Winnipeg, but this number wasnever reached. Regimental Headquarters and B Squadron moved into Mewata Armoury in Calgary,where they remained until they moved into Currie Barracks in 1936. 10 A Squadron stayed in Winnipeg atFort Osborne until 1920 when they moved to Tuxedo Barracks in Winnipeg where they remained until1941.Figure 4 – “Sale of Horses,” Calgary, Alberta, 11 September 1939 (Regimental Museum Archives)2. The task of the Regiment was to maintain a Royal School of Cavalry at each location and tosupervise the instruction of all Non-Permanent Active Militia cavalry units in Western Canada. Horsescontinued to be the mainstay of the Regiment until 1939, although A Squadron was equipped with a fewreconnaissance cars in 1936.8 W.B. Fraser, Always a Strathcona, (Calgary: Comprint Publishing Company, 1976), p. 122. The task of determining therecipients and exact number of honours and awards granted to Strathconas is extremely difficult and incomplete. There areseveral conflicting lists that have been published. The date when those lists were complied, whether they included Strathconasserving away from the unit and whether they included members of other corps serving in the Regiment may account for some ofthe differences.9 General Order 27/1919, 1 April 1919. Order-in-Council 29 of 10 January 1919 and 204 of 30 January 1919.10 Militia Order 187/1923 formalized the localization of Regimental Headquarters in Calgary effective 1 April 1923. (MilitiaOrder 383/1922 had temporarily transferred Regimental Headquarters from Calgary to Winnipeg effective 10 September 1922).1-5
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